Well, I must inform everyone I am not catholic, but I do enjoy history, and sometimes marvel at how often it repeats itself. As you may have seen on the news or on you favorite website or blog, radical nutballs calling themselves muslims are directing their hate to the new Pope. I find this interesting since there is no other religious body, outside of Islam, that can so quickly go radical than Catholics. When Catholics hear attacks on their Pope, they often take it as an attack on their Religion, or even themselves. There is an estimated 1,118,991,000 Roman Catholics in the world, and if they fall in line with their Pope, there is a serious problem arising for you if you are a muslim.It will be interesting to see who backs down first, the radicals, the Pope, or the Vatican (to let the Pope save face). If the Pope has conviction of his beliefs in his thoughts and ideas, then 1,308,941,000 muslims may be getting a morning wake up call real soon. 
    There is possibly a lot of pressure to come from Iran and the leaders of this movement to back off, because they have done a good job so far not to drive the Christians in this world to unite like the muslims in France, England, Africa, and The Middle East. These radicals are not stupid, they know that there is twice as many Christians in the world, than there is muslims. They are cold, calculating, and extremely patient. They do not wish to fight a war, they want to be a nuisance until they have numbers that are closer to being equal, before they try to fight that battle.
    If they miss their opportunity, or the Pope doesn't change his position, then Chavez may feel the pressure of his 96% Catholic countrymen to change his choice of muslim associates. Any attacks on the Pope could easily change many Democrat Catholics' view in this country, on it's leadership and how the administration has been fighting the war on terror. 
    It would be a great time for the President to meet with the Pope and draw an association in the muslim world's eyes, and create some friction that could open the eyes of the millions in this world that truly doesn't get what's going on and what is at stake. I know everyone says that the radical terrorist are perfurting Islam, but lets be realistic, this is a holy war in the making. If you need proof, look at how many so called good muslims are standing up in defiance of the radicial terrorost. Who's side do you think they'll be on if the terrorist have the upperhand? Maybe it's time for people in Christianity to spread the gospel, have a crusade, or at least finally admit that this is an attack on Christianity as much as it is an attack on the west.
    A few questions I leave you with; If Islam is at war with the west, and non-muslims, then why don't they attack churches? Would an attack on the Pope when he visits Turkey in November, wake up the sleeping masses? How quickly will the muslim leaders quiet the protesting?